Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-07
COUNTY yoBBERY.
A statenenf Of Faets-Let
the Public be Judge.
An Award q csusty Pr.sinx thas
WIN Maks Oar connluisasrs
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elastsl pepeg 81 King eoaxfg b. TIE
Ccanty Auditof, lids fer aha ofheIai
printing ef King eounfv we're vressFaav
opezed ~ ths Beard Of Csunsy Com-
mlaaionars. Tssg we're a. follows:
ItBSes-koR pabiishing dnlinquenf tsx
llsf, cents per description for fall
tl11e. Notices Of o0anfy ofHsers, -
es1ts per inch for cash insertion Con-
missiouefS proceedings. free.
PosZ tHTK1IIoENcE1-F For Publishing
delinqusut tax tisi. es4ss per dsssrjD-
tion FER full time required By Law.
Notices Of county oGisials, 10 sents per
inee for inseFfioa. CemnissioAeFs pro-
oeedinQa. free.
Prss-Fos Publishing delinqaent tsx
1sts 10 oents psr description. Notices
Of c0onty sfRseFs and otker printing. Is
seats per inch for Rrst insertion. and
) esnia pr inch each Subsequent inser-
ton.
Toics Of the Psopls-For pablishiBe
delinquent tai list. - cents per descrip-
ton. fFst insertion, and IA cents cash
subsequent insertion. Pr0ceedings Of
the County Commissioners, free.
representative ct the PosT IETsLLI-
eKECKR was tn attendanos when the
bids we're opened, asd suggested 10 the
board thai u The matter Of respective
circulation vas TO be inquired into. be
desired 10 be heard. The board de
elined 10 hear him on that point. To
nsns Of the bids was the circulation Of
The journal represented affxe5. Il was
c0ncedea. as h spparent on the face,
thai the Tfmes' bid 10 far below that Of
anv other congestion. 10 being nj least
300 per anBum below that teadersd by
the Press. Therefore, all other things
being equal, as on the showing made
before the beard thew we're, the Times
was entitled TO receive the contrast.
We fully expected to receive IL, and
we're not little surprised to read in the
PosT INTKLLI0KNcKR this morning that
u had been awarded 10 the Press.
Desiring 30 ascertain the reasons for
this strange and apparently unjust
award, the President Of the Times Com
RAINY appeared before the Bosrd Of
County Conn issioners ct 3 O'Clock this
meRninR, and fKdine Il IN session, in
quired the reason Why the Times vas
net awarded the contract. He was told
BY the Chairman that Il vas because
this paper bad not 90 great a circulation
a. the Press, InquiFinR further, deyel-
oped the fact that no testimony what
ever bad been taken by the Board con-
oerniDR the circulation of the several
journals, bat that the assumption Of the
Board vas unsupported BY q sointilIa of
testimony. The Chairman Of the Board
then stated that the contract had been
awarded % the Press because its bid
vas lower than that Of the Posr INTEL
LI0KNoxB and 90 the Board assumed
that the tao papers bad EQUAL oircula-
ton IN King county. IL was their d lty to
give the contract TO the lever Of the two
bids. The Times representative con-
oeded that the Posr IKTELLIoKsoKR has
: larger circulation than this paper In
King county. and said TO the Board that
as between the Times. the lowest bidder,
and the Posr- the mex
lowest, II the Board we're TO be governed
6y the question Of circulation the Posr
INTFLLI0KNCKR vas entitled to the
award. As 70 the Press, its bid In no
sense could he considered, because be
tween IL and the Times stood the Posi-
iNTKLLIdKNCKR,a paper Of greater cir
culatton and before them with a
much lower bid. IL was shovn 20 the
Board that the acceptance OF the Times
bid would save the county at least 44OO
during the next fiscal wear. and that the
bid OF the Posi- -INTKLLIoKNoKB is at
least 800 lower than that Of the Press.
TO whom the contract IL awarded.
The facts summarized are these:
First-The Timss IL the lowest bid
der.
SeooRd-The Posr IErRLIIaKEoKR ia
the next lowest bidder.
Third-He demand was made BY the
Board, nor opportunity given to estab-
lish the circulation Of the competing
journals.
Fourth-The award, as made, viii
take from the taxpavSrs Of this coupty
not less than 800. which they ought
not te be compelled to paw.
The Times 10 daily and weekly news
paper. IL has q large and increasing
II pro6ered the Board
such bonds a. Il might require. II vas
the lowest tidder. IL has been arbi-
traFily denied an important public con.
tract to which IL is justly entitled. That
has been awarded a competitor
which. out of four bids opened, stood
next 20 the highest. IL this the man.
1er in which the public business of
King county IL a. be conducted for the
next two years IL legitimate compe-
iition fer public business 10 be de-
stroyed and favoritism to take IFS place?
hsv mnch are the taxpayers Of King
sounty preBared to contFihute In this
method without muFmuFI We shall |